Mapei CEO Squinzi Elected President of CEFIC

Deerfield Beach, FL, Oct. 26, 2010 -- Giorgio Squinzi, CEO of Mapei Group, was elected president of CEFIC, the European Chemical Industry Association.

CEFIC’s 29,000 member companies operating in Europe account for a quarter of the world chemical production and employ approximately 1.2 million employees.

Squinzi takes the place of Christian Jourquin, CEO of Solvay. Squinzi is the most recent businessman to be elected to the leadership of CEFIC, which has mostly been chaired by foundation managers since its founding in 1972. He has been CEO of MAPEI since 1976.